Fernand Faroux


Camille Fernand Faroux was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for Olympique de Pantin and the French national team in the early 1910s.

Career

Born on 13 July 1887 in Les Lilas, Paris, Faroux began his football career at his hometown club Olympique de Pantin in 1911, aged 24. The following year, on 7 March 1912, he earned his first international cap in a friendly match against Italy in Turin, helping France achieve its first-ever victory over the Italians.
During the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Faroux was mobilized within the 2nd Battalion of foot hunters, but following a fracture of the right humerus suffered in combat, he was reformed in 1915. He then played a crucial role in the Pantin team that won the 1916 Coupe de France, beating Étoile des Deux Lacs in the final.
Outside football, he worked as a tinsmith.

Death

Following a long and painful illness, Faroux died at his Parisian home on 30 July 1918, at the age of 31, a few weeks before the Armistice of 11 November 1918. He was buried two days later, on 1 August.

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